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Shahid Nazir puts Pak in a
winning position against Northants |
July 22, 2006
Speedster Shahid Nazir had taken three wickets
and had bounced out Former Indian Skipper
Sourav Ganguly
with a wicked bouncer to set up what could be a
comfortable victory for the tourists. Pakistan
at stumps on Day 2 are 24 for no loss in their
2nd innings and they are chasing a moderate
target of 160. Resuming at an overnight total of
97 for 3, Pakistan added up 153 more runs before
declaring its innings at 250 for 9. Younis Khan,
the skipper for this game could add just 8 runs
to his overnight score of 50 not out. Kamran
Akmal, Jannisar Khan and Rao Iftikhar Anjum
contributed with useful 30s. There was a fifer
for the 24-year-old David Wigley and Sourav
Ganguly bowled six overs of his medium pace to
take the wicket of Kamran Akmal.
Northants’ second innings was rocked by Shahid
Nazir and Rao Iftikhar Anjum who accounted for
the failure of the top five batsmen. Centurion
in the first innings, Stephen Peters was removed
by Iftikhar for a duck and Sourav Ganguly was
hit on his face by a nasty bouncer from Nazir
that forced him to retire hurt after making 5
runs having faced 18 deliveries. Eventually,
Northants folded up for just 140 in a little
over 38 overs with the runs coming from only
Phillips (39*) and Pietersen (20 not out).
Shahid Nazir took 3 wickets in his 7 overs and
Rao Iftikhar Anjum picked up a couple in his 5
overs. Arshad Khan and Imran Farhat took a
couple of wickets each in the end. Chasing 160,
Pakistan hasn’t lost the openers Imran Farhat
and Salman Butt and the pair had negotiated 7
overs successfully. Pakistan should go onto
score the remaining 136 runs unless they bat
miserably.
Brief Scores :
Northamptonshire 1st
Innings 269/3 declared (Stephen
Peters 142 Usman Afzaal 71* Bilal Shafayat 30,
Samiullah Niazi 2/35, Jannisar Khan 1/28) &
2nd Innings 140 all out
(Ben Phillips 39, Shahid Nazir 3/33 Imran
Farhat 2/15 Iftikhar Anjum 2/19 Arshad
Khan 2/31) Vs
Pakistanis 1st Innings
250/9 declared (Younis Khan 58 Kamran
Akmal 38 Jannisar Khan 31 Iftikhar Anjum 33 Taufeeq Umar
29, David Wigley 5/77) &
2nd Innings 24/0
(Salman Butt 15*) - Stumps on Day 2
(21-07-2006)
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